I don’t think you and I are very closely related but if you are capable of trembling with indignation each time that an injustice is committed in the world, we are comrades, and that is more important.
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covering the financial needs for the development of campaigns, initiatives, projects, and actions, both in the alternatives and social response fields.

facing sanctions and remaining costs derived from the system’s repression and punishment mechanisms.

taking action with solidarity with individuals and collectives that do not have the necessary means of finance as well as dissemination, in order to carry out campaigns to cover those fields by themselves.

¿Who’s who?

Pepa loba

She is a legendary galician figure of the 19th century. Savage and cruel with wealthy people, but kind and fair with the peasant population. Framed under the “generous bandit” archetype, while standing for women who yields to nothing.

Lueiro

Pepa Loba’s companion. Characterized as a calm and insightful dog. He represents the unbending loyalty and complicity with Pepa Loba.

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Pepa Loba

Pepa Loba is a legendary galician figure of the 19th century. In A Coruña’s women’s prison’s guestbook, in the year 1863, Concepción Arenal’s visit to a remarkable inmate, Josefa de Bartolomé, better known as ‘Pepa Loba’; even so, the majority of data still existing today about this bandit originated from 19th century Galician tradition: tremendously rural and isolated from a newly industrialized Europe. Vicente Risco, Fernández Sendín, Carlos García Reigosa, Enrique Chao Epina or Aurelio Miras Azor, etc, addressed the figure of Pepa Loba in their writings. The legend of Pepa Loba begins and her

The information on her birth remains unclear. Often placed in the year 1835, at times in Couso (A Estrada) and others in Amoedo (Pazos de Borbén).

A single mother’s daughter, Falucha, of a humble origin. Falucha is said to have died giving birth, after being raped by a veterinarian (a situation witnessed by the little girl), who was, perhaps, Pepa’s biological father. Orphanhood forced her to live with her aunt Dorinda, a selfish, cruel and ambitious person. She suffered a wolf’s attack when she was 12 years old while looking after a flock of sheep. She defended herself with the help of her dog Lueiro, being able to confront and kill the wolf. The legend of Pepa Loba begins and her nickname is born.

In spite of a difficult childhood she became a worker at the grocery shop of her father’s brother, who covered her basic schooling and named her universal heir. But her mother kills her uncle to take a hold of his assets, and Pepa is unjustly charged with murder. After a rigged trial, she was given a prison sentence. She spent a couple of years until one day, Pepa asks the prison’s priest for spiritual help, and when they are alone, she hits him, wears his clothes and escapes. She will search for her uncle’s brother, threaten him with a gun, and making her dog Lueiro kill him. At that point she flees to live in the mountains, she puts together a gang of bandits that attacked Pazos (Galician traditional houses), rectory houses, and above all, bigwigs, Fidalgos (members of Galician nobility), collectors, and priests in pathways.

The outlook on Pepa Loba varies depending on who tells her story. Among rich people, she was generally considered a savage, filled with cruelty, brutality, and rage, guided by the most primeval instincts, in order to steal a loot. Among peasantry, however, she depicts a person who, forced by circumstances, is obliged to act recklessly, although a strong sense of justice prevails combined with tenderness and fearlessness. This is the framework preserved popularly, showing a character stealing from those who have and giving away to those who don’t. Pepa Loba is based on the character of the generous bandit, like Robin Hood or Xan Quinto, representing the popular figure of justice and freedom. A woman who’s not subject/doesn’t submit to anything or anyone, and who proves to be implacable with the unrighteous, and generous with the weak.

Furthermore, she is characterized by a strong anti-clericalism (she reportedly chopped tobacco for her gang members on the priests’ crown) and a powerful confrontation against the highly male-dominated society of her time (she is credited with coining the phrase “dead man does not speak”).

Pepa Loba operates all over Galicia. Such was the geographical distribution of her activity, it was even suggested that it was several women who were taking action. Nothing is known about her final years. She could end in Pontevedra’s prison, killed for treason by any gang member or, according to the legend, with her daughter in a house in the highlands of Lugo.

Lueiro

Lueiro was always Pepa Loba’s companion. Characterized as a calm and insightful dog, dominated by fearlessness and strength. Lueiro represents the unbending loyalty and complicity with Pepa Loba. He also serves as a link between her and the world surrounding her; in many occasions, Lueiro is often Pepa’s eyes and nose.

His name is associated with the moon. According to its etymology ‘Lueiro’ means ‘belonging to the moon’. In one of the interpretations of this denomination, Luerio is the one who lights the way for Pepa Loba. Popular culture repeatedly connects the moon with the world of the wolves, since it is believed the wolf communicates with the moon by means of howling (although the reality states that the wolf’s howling relates to pack behaviour, survival and reproduction).

LUEIRX (MEMBER)

What is it?

Lueirxs are Pepa Loba’s members.

Pepa Loba is an independent association that does not accept government, transnational, or from any natural or legal person’s funding, who does not respect its principles. This is why your collaboration is so important.

Why the name of Lueirx?

Lueiro was a dog who always accompanied Pepa Loba. Lueiro represents the complicity and unyielding loyalty with Pepa Loba, and it serves as a connection between her and the world around her.

Who can become Lueirx?

Any private individual with full capacity to act, and legal persons with the express agreement from their competent body, who has no outstanding debts with the association, and who respects its principles at any rate, can be a member of the association.

I am a minor, can I become a Lueirx?

If you are over 14, and you have certified documented consent, from your mother, father or legal guardian, you may join us without any problem. Contact us via info@pepaloba.org with the subject “LUEIRX: Minor”, and we will explain what steps to follow for joining us.

Under no circumstances should you send us any of your personal or family data without prior authorization from your father, mother or legal guardian.

How can I become a Lueirx?

1st – Fill in your details in the blank boxes on the “Become a Member” section on the Web site.

If you make the payment from the Spanish state you don’t need to fill in the Swift/Bic section.

In case you select different amount in the “Frequency and amount” section, you must indicate the exact amount you want to contribute with. The amount must not be less than the one assigned for that period, just as you can see here.

2nd – Once the process is complete, you must accept the ’privacy policy’ and click ‘send’.

3rd – Then, download and print a .pdf document with your personal data already filled in, sign it physically and then send it to us in three different ways.

Do I need to fill the Swift/BIC code?

The Swift/Bic code is only necessary for those who make payments from outside of the Spanish state.

Why do I need to send the document with my data signed? Isn’t it just as valid by only filling the data on the web?

Signing the document assures us the charge of your fee without any problem. In case there is a problem with the banking entity, we have the ability to act.

If you ever wish to stop paying the quota, no difficulty will be added for this matter. The document affects exclusively the relation between the association and the banking institution.

What will be the frequency and amount of my fees?

Lueirxs may choose between three periodicities:

Quarterly: 15 euros is the minimum fee.

Half-yearly: 30 euros is the minimum fee.

Yearly: 60 euros is the minimum fee.

Pepa Loba is a solidary tool, consisting of an non-remunerated structure, searching to fit each person’s situation for all of us to contribute with our part. This is why the monthly average of each modality of quota is 5 euros.

However, people who do not have sufficient financial resources to make this contribution but who, at the same time, want to collaborate financially with the association, have the possibility to do so through donations on a regular basis or when they consider it appropriate.

When are the fees collected?

This is done:

Quarterly: between January 10th-15th; April 10th-15th; July 10th-15th; October 10th-15th.

Half-yearly: between January 10th-15th; July 10th-15th.

Yearly: between January 10th-15th.

Regardless of the date in which you become a member, the charge will be full and it will not be reimbursable.

Do I get a tax relief when becoming a member?

No. Pepa Loba, does not allow any sort of profit nor complicity on behalf of any government, and, at the same time, it aims for its members to be united to the structure, solely and exclusively, for values, ideological, or ethical reasons.

DONATION

How can I make one?

Donations can be made the following ways:

By Credit or Debit Card, for which you simply have to click on the button in the “Donation” section and insert your data in the form that opens.

By Bank transfer. You will use the data that is reflected in the “Donation” section. You only have to use this data in whichever system you have with the bank, just as you do with any regular payment.

When you make the payment insert the word “DONATION” into the concept.

If for any reason you can not use any of these two payment systems contact us through the email info@pepaloba.org and we will tell you how to make your donation.

Do I need to fill the Swift/BIC code?

The Swift/Bic code is only necessary for those who make payments from outside of the Spanish state.

CAMPAIGNS

What are “Campaigns”?

A “Campaign” is each of the crowdfunding lines that are opened in order to be able to finance a project. When a “Campaign” is launched, it is sought, at the same time, to generate a brief material with the basic information of a project so that the promoter can disseminate the project through different spaces.

What are “Anti-Repressive Alerts”?

“Anti-Repressive Alerts” is the name given to each of the cases of repression that open within Burla Negra, so that they can face the sanctions they receive. When an “Anti-Repressive Alert” is launched, it is sought, at the same time, to generate a brief material with the basic information of a case so that whoever promotes this “Anti-Repressive Alert” can disseminate the case through various spaces.

What guidelines does a “Campaign” need to have in order to be opened?

Pepa Loba’s “Campaigns” must respect the principles of the Association, as well as develop projects, initiatives and/or actions of a social, cultural, ecological, scientific, educational or technological nature; Based on the construction of alternatives and social response to the current system and ultimately seek a benefit for the largest number of people.

As a result, the “Campaigns” will not be opened to initiatives, projects and/or actions that do not respect its principles or that have the purpose of profit, the process of selling products or services, as well as sweepstakes campaigns, fundraising campaigns for charities, or advertising or “self-promotion” campaigns (such as election campaigns or communicative recruitment campaigns).

In any case, the final acceptance of a campaign will depend on the people who make up Pepa Loba’s Coordination team.

What cases can request an “Anti-Repressive Alert”?

The “Anti-Repressive Alerts” will be managed through Burla Negra, which is an instrument specifically designed by Pepa Loba.

Burla Negra will be used to deal with cases in which people are victims of social and/or political repression.

In no case will the funds be used to support issues that are not related to activism.

In any case, the final acceptance of an “Anti-Repressive Alert” will depend on the people who make up Pepa Loba’s Coordination Team.

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